R (2010)

Directed by

Michael Noer, Tobias Lindholm

Genre

drama film, prison film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

18

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 238 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man named Rune is sentenced to two years in a Danish prison. He is forced to work as a drug mule between the prison blocks.

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What happens

R is a 2010 Danish prison drama film written and directed by Tobias Lindholm and Michael Noer, and starring Pilou Asbæk. The film was produced by Nordisk Film. The film follows Rune Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk), who is serving a prison sentence of two years in Horsens State Prison. Here he is set to do the dirty work of distributing drugs between departments. The film premiered at the 2010 International Film Festival Rotterdam, and was released in Denmark on 22 April 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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